REF. 0185

Belle chair

Émile Verhaeren
Publisher
Mercure de France
Place
Paris
Date
1939
Format
In-8 (185 x 124 mm)
Binding
Bound
Collation
(1) f., 186 pp., (2) ff.
Language
French
Century
20th century
Distinctive features
From the library of Clovis Piérard

Condition report

Fine

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VERHAEREN Émile. Belle chair.

Paris, Mercure de France, 1939.

In-8 (185 x 124 mm): [1] f., 186 pp., [2] ff. Covers and spine preserved. Burgundy half-shagreen with corners, blind-stamped separation, ribbed spine, title and author in gilt, gilt top edge.

Original edition, Presentation copy.
A fine copy in a standard edition, enriched with a superb dedication from the author to Clovis Piérard (1896-1974), a Belgian politician who was a senator between 1946 and 1947 as well as a journalist and director of La Province de Mons.

Spine slightly sunned and pages moderately yellowed but free of foxing.